Kwame Mensah

Kwame Mensah is a senior political correspondent based in Accra. With over a decade of experience covering Ghana's Parliament, elections, and government policy, he brings sharp analysis and deep sourcing to GhanaStar's political coverage. A graduate of the University of Ghana's School of Communication Studies, Kwame has previously reported for the Daily Graphic and Joy FM. He specializes in governance, public accountability, and West African geopolitics.

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White House Condemns Attack On Indians As ‘racially Motivated Hatred’

The White House on Tuesday condemned a shooting attack in a Kansas bar that left one Indian man dead and another...

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Opening of Trump Tower In Vancouver Met With Protests

US President Donald Trump's two sons inaugurated a Trump International Hotel and Tower in Vancouver, Canada Tuesday as...

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Quetta Make Super Final After Last-Over Heroics

Quetta Gladiators pulled off a nerve-racking last-over win over Peshawar Zalmi by just one run in the first play-off in...

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Sisi Defends Anti-IS Fight After Copts Flee Sinai

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has defended his country's fight against the Islamic State group, after dozens...

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India Students Rally After Woman Threatened With Rape

Rallies took place across the capital on Tuesday in support of a Delhi University student who claimed she received rape...

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Midfielder Forced To Play As Goalkeeper

The 32-year-old was drafted into an unfamiliar role after all three of the club's senior goalkeepers picked up injuries...

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Wary US and China Pledge Respect At First Trump-Era Meet

China's top diplomat wrapped up his first set of meetings in President Donald Trump's Washington on Tuesday satisfied...

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Gambia Scraps Age Limit For Presidential Candidates

The Gambian parliament on Tuesday scrapped the constitutional age limit on presidential election candidates after new...

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Phelps Calls For Urgent Doping Reform

US swimming legend Michael Phelps called for an urgent overhaul of global anti-doping procedures on Tuesday as the top...

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Long-Delayed Interim Authority Installed In North Mali

An interim authority for Mali's troubled northern Kidal region, a stronghold of the former Tuareg rebellion, was...

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Lincoln Center Heads Urge Trump To Keep Funding Arts

Executives at New York's Lincoln Center made a joint appeal Tuesday for the United States to preserve arts funding,...

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Russian Vetoes of UN Resolutions On Syria

Russia has now blocked seven UN resolutions regarding Syria since unrest erupted there in 2011, almost always with...

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FIFA Ban Nigeria’s Adamu For Two Years

Nigeria's former football official Amos Adamu was on Tuesday banned for two years by world governing body FIFA for...

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Lawsuit In US Says Automakers Knew of Takata Flaws

Leading auto manufacturers, including BMW and Nissan, equipped their cars with Takata airbags despite knowing they were...

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Paris Auction of Moroccan ‘Nessie’ Makes Waves

Geologists in Morocco on Tuesday denounced the planned auction of a 66-million-year-old marine dinosaur skeleton in...

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Saint-Andre To Help Coach Cameroon In Africa Rugby Cup

Former France coach Philippe Saint-Andre will help train Cameroon on a voluntary basis in the African Cup in May....

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US White Couple Get Prison For Harassing Blacks

A white couple have been handed heavy prison sentences in Georgia for shouting slurs and death threats at guests at a...

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Russia, China Veto UN Resolution On Syria Sanctions

Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a UN resolution backed by Western powers that would have imposed sanctions on Syria...

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Politician Makhura Calls On South Africans To Use Soccer To Unite Against Xenophobia

Politician and Premier of Gauteng David Makhura on Sunday launched a soccer tournament, calling on the public to use it...

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Trump Looks To Reboot In First Address To Congress

President Donald Trump gives his maiden speech to Congress Tuesday, trying to boost low approval ratings and flesh out...